Magical Creatures vs Creature Duel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Magical Creatures
Run a magical laboratory to craft potions and heal mythical creatures. Travel through portals to discover new magical places and encounter diverse beings. This fantasy adventure game offers a unique healing experience.
- Craft magical potions
- Heal mythical creatures
- Run a magical laboratory
- Travel through portals
- Discover magical places
- Encounter diverse creatures
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Become a healer for magical creatures around the world. Start running a magical laboratory and learn to craft magical potions for your patients. Later in the game, travel through portals, meet different magical creatures and magical places as well. Adventure awaits. If you like fantasy and idle games, you will enjoy Magical Creatures!
Creature Duel
Engage in retro-style creature battles where you raise and collect creatures. Equip them with powerful gear to overcome challenges and defeat bosses.
- Retro creature battling gameplay
- Creature raising and collection
- Collect powerful gear
- Fight through challenges and bosses
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Creature Duel is a retro style creature battler. Raise your creatures, collect powerful gear, and fight your way through a gauntlet of challenges and bosses.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Creature Duel at 5.0 against Magical Creatures's 4.3. Creature Duel also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 70%). Magical Creatures's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Magical Creatures sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Creature Duel sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Creature Duel holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Magical Creatures's written reviews are positive against 100% of Creature Duel's.
Magical Creatures ships an update every 3 months, Creature Duel daily. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Magical Creatures | Creature Duel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (22 ratings) | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 137 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Juhani Paaso | James Casey |
Customer experience
Magical Creatures
Creature Duel
In-app purchases
Magical Creatures
- 250 Blue Mana$1.99
- 62 Red Mana$1.99
- 10 Purple Mana$1.99
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- 200 Yellow Mana$1.99
- 4K Gold$1.99
- Double Profits$1.99
- 12K Gold$4.99
- Healer's Kit$4.99
- 240K Gold$44.99
- 1 Million Gold$99.99
Creature Duel
- Support Pack 1$4.99
- Support Pack 2$9.99
- Support Pack 3$14.99
Questions
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